French Airstrikes: France Undertaking Major Bombardment of Raqqa, Syria Sunday

#ad▼

France launched “massive” air strikes on the Islamic State group’s de-facto capital in Syria on Sunday night, destroying a jihadi training camp and a munitions dump in the city of Raqqa.

French fighter jets bombed of ISIS sites in Raqqa, Syria, on Sunday in what French officials called a major bombardment.

ISIS claims Raqqa as the “capital” of its so-called caliphate where targets included a command center, a recruitment center, an ammunition storage base and a training camp for the terror group, according to Mickael Soria, press adviser for France’s defense minister. ISIS claimed responsibility for the Paris attacks.

The airstrikes occurred within 48 hours after a series of terrorist attacks in Paris late Friday night. President described as “an act of war.”



Get updates from The Cardinal ALL NEWS FEEDS on Facebook. Just ‘LIKE’ the ‘Arlington Cardinal Page (become a fan of our page). The updates cover all posts and sub-category posts from The Cardinal — Arlingtoncardinal.com. You can also limit feeds to specific categories. See all of The Cardinal Facebook fan pages at Arlingtoncardinal.com/about/facebook …

Search Amazon …

Search for products sold on Amazon:

Arlingtoncardinal.com is an Amazon Associate website, which means that a small percentage of your purchases gets paid to Arlingtoncardinal.com at no extra cost to you. When you use the search boxes above, any Amazon banner ad, or any product associated with an Amazon banner on this website, you help pay expenses related to maintaining Arlingtoncardinal.com and creating new services and ideas for a resourceful website. See more info at Arlingtoncardinal.com/AdDisclosure